Many who had not registered turned up
S. Murugan, 33, a resident of Srirampura in the city, turned up for the vaccination at the State-run K.C. General Hospital in the city on Monday morning hoping he would get a dose. Unaware that the inoculation for his age group was only for those who had registered and scheduled an appointment on the CoWIN portal, he returned disappointed.
“I did not know that I had to register before coming here. My parents and neighbours had got vaccinated without any prior registration. The government should have allowed a similar system in our age group too,” he said.
Jabs for 18+ group at major government hospitals from today
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: May 10, 2021, 06:00 IST
People who arrived for their covid vaccine shot wait outside the KC General Hospital
Walk-ins not allowed, you need to register on Co-win and schedule an appointment; number of centres will be increased as and when more vaccines become available
Covid-19 vaccination will be provided to citizens of the 18-44 age group at all major government hospitals and medical colleges from Monday. Health Minister Dr K
Sudhakar said that vaccination will given at
KC General Hospital, Jayanagar General Hospital, Sir CV Raman General Hospital, Government Medical Colleges, ESI Hospitals and
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh receive fresh stock of COVID-19 vaccines ANI | Updated: May 09, 2021 10:54 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): As states are conducting large-scale vaccination drives against coronavirus, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have received fresh stocks of COVID-19 vaccines.
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar informed that the state received 3.5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine on Saturday night, while Andhra Pradesh government said that they have received 3.60 lakh doses of the same on Sunday.
Karnataka has received a total of 6.5 lakh doses of vaccines out of the two crores ordered, he informed further. He further informed that the central government has so far supplied over 1.1 crore doses.